Dengue fever

Introduction: Dengue fever

Dengue fever: Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called break-bone ... more about Dengue fever.

Dengue fever: An acute viral disease characterized by fever, rash and myalgia and caused by a flavivirus which is transmitted by mosquitoes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dengue fever is available below.

Symptoms of Dengue fever

• High fever - up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit
• Severe headache
• Retro-orbital pain - pain behind the eye
• Severe joint pains
• Muscle pains

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Dengue fever

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Diagnostic Tests for Dengue fever

• Blood tests
• Dengue virus lood test
• Dengue antibodies blood test

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Dengue fever?

• Misdiagnosis of Dengue fever
• Underlying causes of Dengue fever (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Dengue fever

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Causes of Dengue fever

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More information about causes of Dengue fever:

• Dengue fever as a complication caused by other conditions

Treatments for Dengue fever

• Symptomatic and supportive
• Bed rest
• Fluids
• Fever medications - though aspirin is not advisable according to some sources
• Aspirin - some sources recommend aspirin (ask your doctor for current advice)

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Prognosis for Dengue fever

Prognosis for Dengue fever: Most people who develop dengue fever recover completely within two weeks. Some, however, may go through several weeks of feeling tired and/or depressed. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID)

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Reseach about Dengue fever

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Clinical Trials for Dengue fever

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Dengue fever include:

• Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN4delta30-4995) in Healthy Adults - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN3/4delta30[ME]) in Healthy Adults - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN1delta30) in Healthy Adults - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN2/4delta30[ME]) in Healthy Adults - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN4delta30-200,201) in Healthy Adults - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

See full list of 15 Clinical Trials for Dengue fever

Prevention of Dengue fever

Prevention information for Dengue fever has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Dengue fever.

• Avoid mosquito bites
• Mosquito repellant
• Protective clothing
• Window screens
• Remove water-filled mosquito breeding areas

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Statistics for Dengue fever

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Types of Dengue fever

• DEN-1
• DEN-2
• DEN-3
• DEN-4
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever

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Article Excerpts about Dengue fever

Dengue Fever: NIAID (Excerpt)

Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called break-bone fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain. Health experts have known about dengue fever for more than 200 years. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID)

Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers: DVBID (Excerpt)

Dengue (pronounced den' gee) is a disease caused by any one of four closely related viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, or DEN-4). The viruses are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. In the Western Hemisphere, the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the most important transmitter or vector of dengue viruses, although a 2001 outbreak in Hawaii was transmitted by Aedes albopictus. It is estimated that there are over 100 million cases of dengue worldwide each year. (Source: excerpt from Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers: DVBID)

Definitions of Dengue fever:

Acute infectious, eruptive, febrile disease caused by four antigenically related but distinct serotypes of the dengue virus; transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, especially A. aegypti; classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash; dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more virulent form of dengue virus infection. - (Source - Diseases Database)

An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints - (Source - WordNet 2.1)